by Natalia Boesch | Jun 20, 2021 | Training
Last summer many intensives were canceled or online-only. And the past school year has been spotty and strange for many, as well. All the more reason to look forward to an in-person summer program this year with excitement—but also, perhaps, some nerves. Take heart,...
by Gavin Larsen | May 31, 2021 | Audition Advice, Training
Summer intensives have long served as extended audition periods for trainee and second company positions, allowing pre-professional dancers a chance to prove themselves and to get to know artistic staff. But compared to pre-COVID years, limited enrollment at summer...
by Pointe Magazine | Apr 29, 2021 | From Our Sponsors, Summer Intensives
Participating in summer intensive programs has long been critical to dancers’ advancement—whether still refining their technique or gearing up to make the leap to pre-professional. But amid the coronavirus pandemic and the disruption it has had on...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Apr 7, 2021 | Instagram, Summer Intensive Survival, Summer Intensives, Training
When it comes to navigating summer intensives, 2021 may be more complicated for ballet students than last year. On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic’s spring spike in 2020, summer programs went all-virtual or had very limited capacity. This year is more of a...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Apr 7, 2021 | Summer Intensives
When it comes to navigating summer intensives, 2021 may be more complicated for ballet students than last year. On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic’s spring spike in 2020, summer programs went all-virtual or had very limited capacity. This year is more of a...
by Marissa DeSantis | Mar 15, 2021 | News, Summer Intensives, The Latest, Training
Updated 3/24/2021 When the pandemic forced studios around the world to close last March, New York City Ballet’s Tiler Peck was quick to adjust. She turned her own daily classes into Instagram Live sessions so that her more than 250 thousand followers could join...
by Sponsored by Ellison Ballet | Jan 5, 2021 | From Our Sponsors, Summer Intensives, Summer Study
Summer intensives are much more than just a way to stay in shape over a break. The rigorous schedule, as well as exposure to new teachers, programs and styles, sets dancers up for the school year ahead, and allows them to make huge strides towards their dance goals....
by Sponsored by Joffrey Academy of Dance, Official School of The Joffrey Ballet | Jan 4, 2021 | From Our Sponsors, Summer Intensives, Summer Study
When José Pablo Castro Cuevas got scouted by The Joffrey Ballet at Youth America Grand Prix Mexico back in 2015, he’d never even heard of the company—let alone its official school and training program, the Joffrey Academy of Dance. Now in his second year as a...